Brief advice on smoking reduction versus abrupt quitting for smoking cessation in chinese smokers: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 67-72

  Wang, Man Ping ^a   Li, William H ^a   Cheung, Yee Tak ^a   Lam, Oi Bun ^a   Wu, Yongda ^a   Kwong, Antonio C ^b   Lai, Vienna W ^b   Chan, Sophia S ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; SMOKING REDUCTION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKERS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; SMOKING REDUCTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 85042556506     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntx026     Document Type: Article

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